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菁

jīng

Meanings

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jīng
  1. 1.leek flower
  2. 2.lush
  3. 3.luxuriant

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.garlic chive flowers (Allium tuberosum)
  2. 2.flowers
  3. 3.Brassica
  4. 4.used in 菁菁 (jīngjīng, “luxuriant”)
  5. 5.betel nut
  6. 6.common reed

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsleŋ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ)

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Stroke order

Components

菁卄青

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Synonyms

蘆葦葦子葦稈葦巴茅蘆柴笆笆柴蘆草毛尾巴白茅草巴芒茅草柴蘆頭蘆茅網仔巴草葦哦蘆菅菁蘆竹仔茅菅菅芒蘆竹韭菜花

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Derived terms

作育菁莪去蕪存菁去芜存菁田菁茶菁菁仔菁仔欉菁桐菁湖菁芳草菁英菁茅菁英分子菁莪菁華菁华菁菁蔓菁蕪菁芜菁

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Related words

蔓菁 turnip菁英 elite菁华 the cream芜菁 turnip芜菁甘蓝 rutabaga (vegetable)去芜存菁 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers